An outdoor painter by preference- (setting up on location to paint from life), the works of this blog will be frequent exercises painted from whatever strikes my fancy with intent to sharpen my eye, push and stretch my understanding of paint. Note that my links will include my larger artist's site, and latest available giclee prints at Image Kind.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Laurel Lake...

Took my boat to the Three Lakes chain about 35 miles north of where I live...putting in at Laurel Lake, and anchored off to paint this 9"x 12" oil on Arches Huiles paper for oils.

the following pics are a reference (proving photos are poorer to paint from than being on location), and my palette of premixed colors based on dark, mid and light values...and my painting progress showing some of the reddish undertone I gave my support...

2 comments:

Great job on this one Larry. I like the backlit cloud work...very cool.

What!? No pics of the boat??? That's my dream, build a small boat, maybe a dory hull, and go painting from the water level...also a great way to get killer ref material down in Los Angeles harbor....plus the fun of being on a boat, hahaha.

thanks Ron...Hhmm...I posted a pic from about as far back in the boat as I could...forget where I posted that one. was fun. I am thinking maybe next year investing in a kayak, which might be more convenient at some venues, and places to haul around. just have to decide if I want a sit on, or sit in. they make some nice fishing type sit on...

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Enculturation imbued with print media & tv means we live in a 2nd reality, one the lens sees. Lifeless shadows, static detail rank accurate to life. My renaissance from 20 years in studio came after taking my paints outdoors. Several things happened- I saw color as only an artist can see, (painting being the deeper way of seeing); I was overwhelmed with all to be worked out in short order; thirdly, that taunt of a feeling I knew nothing of painting! Such would send many back to the pretense of the familiar, but I’m not good hiding from myself that which I’m not able to succeed. By right…I should be able to paint outdoors, and was going to do this were it to kill me. Kill me it did! So complete was that death, I could no longer aspire to paint as artists I had admired. Their works now lifeless, labored, detailed, realistic, yes...but no sense of REAL'ness. I wish I had started nature’s schooling much younger, but lives are like books. Not one chapter stuck to one narrative. Life can be filled with many chapters. It can have interesting twists and new directions, and I say go for it! *See my book on landscape painting, and new DVDs available thru “Books & Videos” at larryseiler.com

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